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PCT Circulars 2009

Proposed modifications of the Administrative Instructions under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) as well as the modified PCT Request Form (PCT/RO/101), which are hereby promulgated with effect from January 1, 2010

To gather background information, by way of the Questionnaire attached in Annex I, from your Office as a receiving Office, International Searching Authority, International Preliminary Examining Authority and/or and designated or elected Office. Please note that the Questionnaire is also available at: http://www.wipo.int/pct-wg/en

Proposed modifications to the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines. These are consequential to amendments to the Regulations under the PCT and modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT which entered into force on July 1, 2009

Procedural guidance on how to deal with international applications containing sequence listings which are filed after July 1, 2009, in a manner which does not meet the requirements of the modified Administrative Instructions under the PCT

Proposed modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT and certain PCT forms relating to the receiving Office, the International Searching Authority (also in its function as Authority specified for supplementary search), the applicant, the International Bureau and the International Preliminary Examining Authority, which are hereby promulgated with effect from July 1, 2009

Proposed modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT and certain PCT forms relating to the receiving Office, the International Searching Authority (also in its function as Authority specified for supplementary search), the applicant, the International Bureau and the International Preliminary Examining Authority. These proposed modifications are consequential to amendments to the Regulations under the PC

Proposed modifications of the Administrative Instructions under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) as well as the modified PCT Request Form (PCT/RO/101), which are hereby promulgated with effect from July 1, 2009

Proposals for changes to the standard for the electronic filing and processing of international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) which will, if adopted, result in modifications of Annex F o the Administrative Instructions under the PCT and corresponding changes to the International Common Elements referred to in WIPO Standard ST. 36

Proposed modifications to the Request form (PCT/RO/101). These proposed modifications are consequential to the modifications of the Administrative Instructions under the PCT which relate to practice changes regarding the filing of international applications containing amino acid and/or nucleotide sequence listings which will enter into force on July 1, 2009